Check-case



(No Model.)

J. S. CRANE.

CHECK CASE.

No. 258,717. Patented May 30,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. CRANE, OF OOHOES, NEW YORK.

CHECK-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,717, dated May 80, 1882.

Application tled Augustp, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-IN S. CRANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oohoes, in the county of Albany and State ot' New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Check-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists inthe combination of a check-magazine, a pusher for forcing the checks successively out of said magazine, a Window for displaying the tigure which indicates the Value of the check, a device for retaining the check during the time the figure is being displayed, and a lock-box for receiving the check or tally. With the devices above enumerated is further combined an alarm mechanism, which is set in motion by the pusher, and which remains in motion until t-he check or tally is released and permitted to drop into the lock-box.

This invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which Figure l represents a frontview of my check-indicator, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section in the plane .r x, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an end view.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a case, which may be made of wood or any other suitable material, and which contains a series ot' check-magazines, B, intended to receive checksofdilerentdenominations. It'themagazines are placed in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, the checks in each magazine are forced up by the action of a spring, a, against a pane, C, of glass or other transparent material, which is inserted into the case A. Above each of the magazines is placed a pusher, D, which can be depressed by a tingerbutton, b, against the action of a spring, c, and which, when being depressed, acts upon the first check in the magazine and carries the same into a chamber, E,where it is retained by the action of a spring-tinger, F. Each check is marked with a gure to indicate its value or denomina tion, and whenever a checkhas been depressed by its pusher into the chamber E, and while it is retained by the springiinger F, its iigure is displayed and can be readily seen through the Window C. If desired, however, the checks of different denomination may be distinguished merely by colors or otherwise, and the tigures indicating their value are in this case marked on the several pushers, so that whenever a check is carried down by the action of a pusher the ligure indicating the value of the check is displayed as long as the pusher is retained in its depressed position. From each pusher extends a pin, d, Fig. 2, and whenever a pusher is depressed its pin acts upon a finger, e,which projects from a rock-shaft, f, that has its bearings in the ends of the case A and extends through one of said ends, said extension heilig provided with a finger, c. (See Fig. 8.) By the action ot' the pusher the rock-shaftf turns in its hearingsand the finger e catches beneath the nose g ofa lever,G,which is mounted on the end ot' a roelcshaft, h, and is pressed inward toward the rock-shaftf by a spring, fi. A tingerpiece,'j, serves to force the lever Gr back against the action of its spring. One of the ngers,c, ofthe rock-shaft j'eonnects bya rod, j', with a lever, k, Fig. 2, which l term the alarm-lever,77 and which,when it is depressed, allows or causes the alarm to sound. If the alarm is actuated by a spring or Weight, the alarm-lever serves to release the stop of the alarm, so that it will be sounded by the action of the spring or weight. It' an electromagnetic alarm is used, the alarm-lever, when depressed, closes the circuit through the electro-magnet, and the alarm sounds. In either case the alarm continues to sound while the alarm-lever remains in its depressed position, and as soon as said lever returns to its normal posit-ion the alarm stops. Beneath each ot' the check-magazines B is a lock-pox, H, which receives the checks as the same are pushed out of the magazine.

The case A is placed on the bar of the restaurant in a conspicuous position, and if a customer has to pay, say, twenty-tive cents, the pusher of the twenty-tivecent magazine is depressed, the check pushed out of this magazine is displayed, and the alarm sounds until the check is released and caused to drop into the corresponding lock-box below.

The sprin g-tin gers F,which retain the checks in their displayed position, are secured to the rock-shaft h, which carries the lever Gr, so that the springt acts upon all the fingers F. When the ngenpiecej is depressed the check or roo checks retained by the spring-fingers F are released, and at the same time the alarm is stopped. A

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

vl. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the check-magazine, the pusher for forcing the checks successively outotl said magazine, the Window for displaying the figure which indicates the value of the check, the device for retaining the check during the time the figure is being displayed,and the lock-box for receiving the cheek or tally.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, ot' the check-magazine, the pusher, the Window for displaying the ligure which indicates the value of the check, the device ior retaining the check during the time the figure is being displayed, the alarm-lever, actuated by the pusher, the catch for retain.

ing the alarm-lever, and the handle for releasing the Check-retaining device and the catch.

3. rlhe combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the check-magazine, the spring acting on the cheeks in said magazine, the pusher, the Window for displaying the tignre which indicates the value ot' the check, the device for retaining the check during the time the figure is being displayed, the alarmlever actuated by the pusher, the catch for retaining the alarm-lever, the handle for releasing thc cheek-retaining device, and the catch and the lock-box.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. i

JOHN S. CRANE. fL. s] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KAs'rENHUBnR. 

